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Share this article Share Wrapped in bright coloured shawls, the girls spent the night huddled around a fire in a thatched-roof house as local women gathered to sing and dance in support. One woman fell into a trance after sipping a local wine. Circumcision is heavily practiced among the Pokot community, and one of the girls' mothers believes it is a sign of strength. She can show the rest of the community that she can endure it,' the woman said after having her daughter circumcised by a Pokot elder donning a beaded neck collar and large brass earrings. Despite a government ban on the practice, circumcision remains a rite of passage, particularly among poor families in rural areas Smeared: Village elders cover a young girl's face in white paint after she is circumcised, a requirement for young girls before they can marry Rampant: More than a quarter of women in Kenya have been circumcised, despite the government making the practice illegal in At its most extreme, circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation, involves cutting off the clitoris and external genitalia, then stitching the vagina to reduce a woman's sexual desire.

Young girls are lined up before undergoing tribal circumcision ceremony in Kenya

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